From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, juri@linkov.net
Subject: Re: Organizing the NEWS file a bit better
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:12:58 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83lf48pzw5.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkm=Kbapv7tvbQLJeVRoa1=eLh+5Z4xAEA++pYYiyWgXhDA@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Tue, 7 Sep 2021 08:47:19 +0200)
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 08:47:19 +0200
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>,
> Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > > Could you explain how you carry out archeology on etc/NEWS.27? How do
> > > I find out who introduced this line:
> > >
> > > ** Emacs now uses GMP, the GNU Multiple Precision library.
> > >
> > > ?
> >
> > I don't understand what this question has to do with the markers, can
> > you explain?
>
> Lars claimed that markers are better for preserving history. I
> claimed that history is already lost at that point, so it is not very
> important.
I understood what Lars said to mean that the current markers don't
affect any lines but their own. Thus, their removal doesn't affect
any important stuff in the file.
And I don't agree that history is already lost when we remove the
markers.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-07 8:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-04 18:53 Organizing the NEWS file a bit better Stefan Kangas
2021-09-04 19:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-04 19:34 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-04 19:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-04 20:36 ` Tim Cross
2021-09-04 21:08 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-06 2:30 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-06 3:45 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2021-09-06 6:35 ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-06 6:57 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-06 8:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-06 9:01 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-06 9:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-06 18:17 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-06 18:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-06 18:57 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-06 19:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-06 20:38 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-06 20:42 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-07 5:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-07 6:47 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-07 6:53 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-07 8:12 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-09-07 15:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-06 11:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-06 11:07 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-06 11:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-06 10:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-06 10:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-04 19:05 ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-04 19:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-04 19:35 ` Stefan Kangas
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